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> PMCs, where every data type had virtual methods in well-defined slots instead of accessor macros

Well my first idea was, why not write a wrapper macro/class which applies the accessor macros in form of "virtual methods in well-defined slots"?

> The best way I've ever figured out to do this is to introduce an abstraction layer for XS that's not XS

Are you going into the same direction here?

Why would we need to gradually migrate away from XS then?

Cheers Rolf
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